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Shabbat Program SHABBAT PROGRAM DECEMBER 20-21, 2019 / 23 KISLEV 5780 PARASHAT VAYEISHEV ו�יּ�אמְרוּ, אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו, הִנּ ֵה בַּעַל הַחֲמוֹת הַלָּז ֶה בָּא, ו�עַתָּה לְכוּ ו�נ ַהַ�ג ֵהוּ “They said to one another, ‘Here comes that dreamer! Come now, let us kill him...’” (Genesis 37:19-20) 0 Welcome to CBST! ברוכים וברוכות הבאים לקהילת בית שמחת תורה! קהילת בית שמחת תורה מקיימת קשר רב שנים ועמוק עם ישראל, עם הבית הפתוח בירושלים לגאווה ולסובלנות ועם הקהילה הגאה בישראל. אנחנו מזמינים אתכם\ן לגלות יהדוּת ליבראלית גם בישראל! מצאו את המידע על קהילות רפורמיות המזמינות אתכם\ן לחגוג את סיפור החיים שלכן\ם בפלאיירים בכניסה. לפרטים נוספים ניתן לפנות לרב נועה סתת: [email protected] A LISTING OF JUST SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS…AT A GLANCE: December 25: CBST OFFICE CLOSED December 26, 6:30 pm: Emet: Trans and Non-Binary Team Meeting December 27, 6:30 pm: Kabbalat Shabbat Chanukah; 8:30 pm: Oneg Teaching with Rabbi Mike Moskowitz January 1: CBST OFFICE CLOSED January 6, 7 pm: Israeli Dancing with Mitch Ginsburgh January 7, 6:30 pm: Lehrhaus Course on Antisemitism with Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum begins [registration is required] January 11: 10:00 am: Limmud b’Shabbat (K-8th); 11:45 am: Alef-Bet Shabbat (ages 0-5); 12:30 pm: Kiddush Lunch; 1:30 pm: Teen Track L'Taken February 24, 7 pm: Concert for Social Justice May 11, 7 pm: Concert for Social Justice June 7, 4 pm: 25th Annual Benefit Concert 1 DECEMBER 20, 2019 / 23 KISLEV 5780 PARASHAT VAYEISHEV הֲכָנַת הַלֵּב OPENING PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS Lincoln’s Niggun Joey Weisenberg (Born 1982)* *(Shabbat Shalom Craig Taubman (Born 1958 שׁ�בָּת שׁ�לוֹם *(Candle Blessing Abraham Wolf Binder (1895-1967 הַדְ לָקַת נֵרוֹת שׁ�ל שׁ�בָּת 38 *(Shalom Aleichem Israel Goldfarb (1879-1956 שׁ�לוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם 40 קַבָּלַת שׁ�בָּת KABBALAT SHABBAT/WELCOMING SHABBAT *L’chu N’ran’nah (Psalm 95) Chabad Chasidim לְכוּ נְ�נְּנָה (תהלים צה) 52 *Zamru Ladonai (Psalm 98) Suki Berry זַמְּרוּ לַה' (תהלים צח) 58 *(Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29) Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994 מִזְמוֹר לְדָו�ד (תהלים כט) 62 *(L'chah Dodi (Shlomo Alkabetz) Kehilat Zion (Jerusalem לְכָה דוֹדִ י 66 Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994)* *(Tov L’hodot (Psalm 92) Ken Chasen (Born 1965 טוֹב לְהֹדוֹת (תהלים צב) 72 מַ עֲ �יב MA’ARIV/THE EVENING SERVICE Bar’chu Nusach בָּ�כוּ 78 Hama’ariv Aravim Nusach הַמַּעֲ �יב עֲ �בִים 80 *(Ahavat Olam Eric Mandell (1903-1988 אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם 86 (Sh’ma Yisrael Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 שׁ�מַע י�שׂ��אֵל 88 (V’ahavta Torah Cantillation (Trope ו�אָהַבְתָּ 89 *(Mi Chamochah Debbie Friedman (1951-2011 מִי כָמֹֽכָה 94 *Hashkiveinu Modzitz Chasidim הַשׁ�כִּיבֵֽנוּ 98 *(V’shamru Shlomo Carlebach (1926-1994 ו�שׁ�מְרוּ 102 Chatzi Kaddish Nusach חֲצִי קַדִּ ישׁ 104 Silent Amidah עֲ מִ ידָ ה 106 Flute Sonata in B minor, BMW 1030 Johann Sebastian Bach (Largo e dolce) *(Shalom Rav Jeff Klepper (Born 1954 שׁ�לוֹם �ב 116 Prayer for Healing תְּפִלָּה לִ�פוּאָה 130 Prayer for Our Country תְּפִלָּה לַמְּ דִ ינ ָה Program 136 Blessing for the New Month Kaddish Shalem Nusach קַדִּישׁ שׁ�לֵם 138 דְּ �שׁ�ה: DRASHAH: RABBI SHARON KLEINBAUM *(Aleinu Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890 עָלֵֽינוּ 140 Mourner’s Kaddish קַ דִּ ישׁ י �תוֹם 150 *Adon Olam Ancient Chanukah Melody אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם 154 *Arranged by Joyce Rosenzweig 2 THIS SHABBAT Friday, Dec. 20 / 23 Kislev Saturday, Dec. 21 / 23 Kislev Kabbalat Shabbat, 6:30 pm Shabbat Morning – Traditional Ba’al Tefillah: Larry Kay Egalitarian Minyan, 10 am Piano: Joyce Rosenzweig Ba’alei Tefillah: Larry Kay and Flute: Simon Dratfield Cantorial Intern David Fair Service Leader: Rabbi Yael Rapport D’var Torah: Jonathon Adler Drashah: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum Aufruf: Stuart Stern & Steve Elson Composer Feature: Joey Weisenberg Joey Weisenberg is the founder and co-director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute. He is a mandolinist, guitarist, singer, and percussionist who has performed and recorded in a wide variety of musical styles. Joey has worked as the Music Director of the Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn and visits synagogues and communities around the world as a musician-in-residence, where he teaches his popular “Spontaneous Jewish Choir” workshops. He is the author of Building Singing Communities (2011) and the award-winning The Torah of Music (2017), both published by the Hadar Institute. 3 Refuah Shleimah – Healing Prayers Michael Carlin Earl Anthony Giaquinto Pat Hewitt Hannah bat Rivka Katz Michelle Treistman Gabriel Weingarten Imani Mehtabdin HaRav Levi Yehudah ben Yaakov ben Sarah HaRav Zev U'Miriyam Yosef Shien Rose Wahnon This list is for those with acute illness. Any member can submit their name for one-month inclusion. We only print names of members who have consented. You may say any name aloud during the healing prayer. If you or a CBST member you know is ill & would like support, contact [email protected]. We’re here for you. We include in our prayers the almost 14,000 immigrant children in US custody, most of whom are separated from their families. Yortzeits 23 Kislev to 29 Kislev 5780 Members memorialized on the Wine Family Sanctuary Memorial Wall Stanley Jacobs Kenneth Schechner Michael Sabin Valerie Troyansky Family & Friends memorialized on plaques on the Kuriel Chapel Memorial Wall Francine Freedman Sylvia Karpel Miriam Post Israel Gafni Ira Lefkowitz Lea Rosen Fredda Goldstein Kenneth Levy Mark Simmons Karen Gremillion Sam Mintz-Strauss Dora Spegal Rose Heldeman Philip Passin Ruth Strickler Condolences We send our deepest condolences to: CBST member Michael Sonberg & his husband Andy Austin on the death of Michael’s aunt Helen March, z"l. She died Dec. 13 in Sarasota, FL at age 88. CBST members Judy Greenwald and Robin Fried on the passing of Judy’s sister Arlene Ghiron, z”l, who died Dec. 15 in Salt Lake City ten days before her 80th birthday. CBST member Meryl Meisler & her family on the passing of Meryl’s cousin Brock Mathieson, z”l, who died on Dec. 15 at age 65. The CBST community extends condolences to mourners among us. May God comfort you among all who mourn. We pray for peace. 4 PRAYER for OUR COUNTRY Rabbi Ayelet Cohen Our God and God of our ancestors, אלוהינו ואלוהי אבותנו ואמותינו. ברך את ארצנו ואת כל .bless this country and all who dwell within it היושבות והיושבים בה ,Help us to experience the blessings of our lives and circumstances יחד לבבנו להודות לך על חיינו ועל הזמן הזה .To be vigilant, compassionate, and brave להיות דרוכות, אמיצים, ומלאי חמלה. ,Strengthen us when we are afraid חזקנו וחזק ידנו כאשר אנו אחוזים בפחד .Help us to channel our anger, so that it motivates us to action Help us to feel our fear, so that we do not become numb. סייע בידינו לנתב את כעסנו לידי מעשה .Help us to be generous with others, so that we raise each other up חזק לבבנו לחוש את מלוא הפחד שלנו ,Help us to be humble in our fear כדי שלא נהפוך לאדישות ,knowing that as vulnerable as we feel סייע לנו להשפיע נדיבות על אחרים כדי שנרים זה את זו . there are those at greater risk, and סייע לנו להיות צנועות בפחד, כדי שנדע כי גם כשאנו מרגישים פגיעות, .that it is our holy work to stand with them Help us to taste the sweetness of liberty, יש אחרות, הנמצאות בסיכון גבוה אף יותר, זוהי חובתנו הקדושה להיות To not take for granted the freedoms won עמן. .in generations past or in recent days ברכנו בטעם המתוק של החופש ,To heal and nourish our democracy כדי שנשכיל להעריך את החופש לו זכינו בדורות קודמים ובעת הזו that it may be like a tree planted by the water לרפא ולחזק את הדמוקרטיה שלנו שתהיה כְּעֵץ שׁ�תוּל עַל-מַי�ם, ו�עַל- ;whose roots reach down to the stream it need not fear drought when it comes, יוּבַל י�שׁ�לַּח שׁ��שׁ�יו, ו�א י��אֶה כִּי-י�בֹא חֹם, ו�הָי�ה עָלֵהוּ �עֲנָן; (ירמיהו יז, .(its leaves are always green (Jeremiah 17:8 ח) ,Source of all Life Guide our leaders with righteousness, שכינה, אם כל חי, .Strengthen their hearts, but keep them from hardening שלחי אורך ואמתך למנהיגנו That they may use their influence and authority to speak truth and act for justice (Isaiah 16:3-5). חזקי לבבותיהם שלא יתקשו May all who dwell in this country שישתמשו בכוחן כדי לדבר אמת ולפעול בצדק (ישעיהו טז, ג-ה) ,share in its bounty, enjoy its freedoms מי יתן וכל יושבי הארץ יחלקו בעושרה, ישגשגו בחופש שתציע, ויהיו .and be protected by its laws מוגנים בחוקיה May this nation use its power and wealth to be a voice for justice, מי יתן ואומה זו תשתמש בכוחה ובעושרה על מנת לקדם צדק, חופש .peace, and equality for all who dwell on earth ושלום לכל יושבי תבל May we be strong and have courage מי יתן ונהיה חזקות ואמיצים ,To be bold in our action and deep in our compassion To discern when we must listen and when we must act, מי יתן ונהיה נועזים במעשי ידנו ועמוקות בחמלה שבלבנו ,To uproot bigotry, intolerance, misogyny, racism שנבחין מתי עלינו להקשיב ומתי עלינו לפעול ,discrimination, and violence in all its forms לעקור שנאה, גזענות, שוביניזם, אפליה, אלימות בכל צורה, To celebrate the many faces of God reflected in the wondrous diversity of humanity, To welcome the stranger and the immigrant לחגוג את צלם אלוהים בפנים שונות המשתקפות בכל המגוון האנושי and to honor the gifts of those who seek refuge לקבל את הזר ואת המהגרת, ולכבד את המתנות שמביא כל מי and possibility here, as they have since before this nation was born.
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